Two Girls on Tuesday

I know its not Tuesday, but just pretend.
Not much going on this week.  We got everything gathered for the girls' costumes for this upcoming weekend.  They are going to be...Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf!!!  I just couldn't resist.  It's going to be epic.  As for the girls this week?  Well..

Lydia - is watching her sister's every move as we are coming to find out.  This week she found her sister's camera, held it up to her eyes and walked around the downstairs saying "cheese, cheese, cheese, cheese" over and over again.
   She has also started "going places" like her sister.  She grabs Emma's backpack and walks to the back door saying "bye, bye, bye" over and over again.

Emma - has started saying all sorts of silly stuff.  I need to start writing them down sooner so I can remember them.  So far, the ones I do remember were
E: Mom, you play blocks with me?
Me: Sure.
E: I'm SOOO Happy!!
(Guess I need to play with her more often)

Then tonight she hit her lower back on my bed frame.  She was hysterical and when she was calm enough to talk (but still hysterical)...
E: I....show...grandma....my....bum.....
Me: You want to show grandma your bum?
E; Yeeeessss.....I.....show.....papa (grandpa).....my....bum
E:  I.....show....Davis.....my......bum.....
(Guess we need to work on what is appropriate and what is not appropriate!)

Emma also fell in love with Enchanted this past weekend.  She loves all the songs...especially when she can dance with daddy. :)

So cute!!

Two Girls on Tuesday

Ugh.  You never realize how much you depend on a computer until you don't have one.  Not a tablet, not a phone, a computer.  I've really been stuggling.  It takes me forever to find all my favorite recipes, I can't save anything in nice organized folders...or really save anything.  Ugh. Oh well.
I have figured out that I can probably have the laptop on Tuesday mornings/afternoons, so here is to hoping I can post at least once a week.
So...here is what's been going on at our house...
About 2 weeks ago we went to Wheeler Farm with our besties, The Potters.  We had fun riding a wagon, petting the animals, a hay maze, and picking out pumpkins.

 I just love Sydney.

 Why yes, she is picking the goat's nose.  I have a disgusting child.  I know.

 She couldn't make up her mind.

 Emma was very proud of her pumpkin.

Many of you have seen this next story on facebook or instagram, but I still have to put it here for posterity sake.
So 2 weeks ago when it was magically cold for one day I had the girls put their jackets on before we left home. Emma's is a hot pink almost red and Lydia's is a light blue.  Emma put hers on and immediately says "I'm Little Red Riding Hood!"  Then looked at Lydia, "and Lydia's the wolf!  Ah!  She scary me!"  So then I told her Lydia was a nice wolf and she replied with, "Lydia a nice wolf, but she scary me!"
And now, whenever we put our jackets on, we have a similar conversation.

 Lydia the scary wolf.

Little Red Riding Hood

For family night we painted our pumpkins.  

Emma had a ball. One of her favorite activities ever is painting.

 Lydia preferred to just suck on the paint brushes.

 Emma's finishes pumpkin.  She's very proud.

 Our finished pumpkin.

Please excuse Emma's HORRIBLE hair cut.  She doesn't know the meaning of "sit still" so every time I would go to cut she would jerk and so I would try and fix it and it just kept getting worse and worse until I finally gave up.  At least hair grows back right?  Ugh.

A HUGE Update

So I realize I haven't posted anything in almost 3 months!  My bad.  BUT I have a good reason...at least that's what I tell myself.  So as you know, we made the huge trek across country from North Carolina to Utah the beginning of August...which I vow to never do again.  Along the way somewhere my camera got lost.  Losing any pictures we had taken along the way...including our stop in Nauvoo (note to self...never take children to Nauvoo.  Nauvoo is not a place for small children) So I had no camera until I got a new one for my birthday...made THAT easy for my husband this year.  Then our computer decided to die.  So...I had a camera, but no way of posting anything.  So then we got a new computer for Tyler to use for school...but he's using it almost 24/7...I mean with working on a dual master's what do you expect.  So I finally was able to steal it while he is out running errands...so if there are a lot of mistakes, it's because I'm rushed. :)

ANYWAY, we have made it successfully to Utah and thoroughly enjoying visiting with family and old friends.  We are, however, in a tiny, tiny townhome (like this is probably the smallest place we have ever been in...and yet the most expensive) and I am GREATLY struggling where to put things.  BUT at least we have a home and its in great location in a great neighborhood.  We are very happy.

Let's see...in the last almost 3 months...
TYLER started his dual master's program at Weber State.  He is now SET on doing a dual degeree: MHA and MBA (Masters in Healthcare Administration and Masters in Business Administration)  It is a 2 1/2 to 3 year program.  Not too bad.  He is loving it though, which is great.  I've never seen him so excited about school.

MANDY turned 26 in August. Blah.  I feel old.  Its like after 25 you just go downhill from there (no offense to anyone) I've also started doing "crafty" stuff again, which has been nice.  I've missed it.

EMMA moved in to a "big" bed (aka no more toddler bed) finally gave up the binky, and is fully potty trained...even at night.  I am honestly shocked it went so well.  We did a potty training "boot camp" I found on pinterest and gave it a whirl.  It actually worked pretty well...but the thing that made it click the most was on day 2 I was pretty frustrated by dinner time and she wanted to go out and play on the slide.  I said (in an exasperated, sarcastic voice) that if she could go potty all by herself, without help from mommy or daddy then I would personally take her down the slide.  She said ok! and went into the bathroom and closed the door.  Two minutes later she comes out holding her potty.  She had definitely gone and had even wiped herself!  I was floored!  So I kept my promise and we went down the slide.  After that it was smooth sailing (for the most part).  Guess you really do just have to find what motivates them and go from there!

LYDIA has turned one year old.  And is a walking maniac.  She started walking at 11 months though.  We were down in St. George visiting my grandpa in the hospital and while playing in the waiting room for a few hours she decided to start walking.  It was great.  I love walking more than crawling...except this one gets into more mischief now.  Her favorite thing in the house is the toilet.  She loves to go play with the water in the toilet.  And better yet, she loves to sneak things INTO the water in the toilet.  I've been better at keeping the door closed, but occasionally I forget...and she notices those times; EVERY TIME.  Geez.  Oh well. Hopefully she grows out of it soon.

So that's us in a nutshell.  Here are a few pics from that last little while.
Until next time!

 I love this face

 Cake I made for our "Lydi-bug"

 She got really messy.  I promise.

 Birthday buddies!

Our latest project.  We're pretty proud of ourselves.

Happy 4th!

Hope y'all had a fabulous 4th!  (Hey, I can enjoy my southern-ness for just a little bit longer!)

We spent our 4th like we do every other holiday!...sick.  Lydia had started a runny nose on Thursday; although I think hers was mostly teething since that was all she ever got...besides being cranky.  Emma however woke up in the middle of the night Friday morning with a fever.  Poor kid.  Luckily with modern medicine and an amazing mother she woke up (later) fever free, and just a little stuffy.  So being the excellent parents that we are, we took them to the parade.  It was kinda lame.  Partly because I left the camera sitting on the table at home.  It started out great...colonial and all...it was REALLY cool.  Then it just got political...as in a random dance team after 3 or 4 "floats" of people saying "vote for me!"  So it ended up being really lame.

(Thanks Grandma for the outfits!)

 Don't you just love her bow!  (found it at Hobby Lobby on clearance like 2 years ago!)

 Silly camera flash!

Isn't he so cute! :)

Later that day we decided to go to the park...since that is my girls' favorite place in the world...(only closely followed by the bathtub.)  As you can see on their faces...!

Happy 4th!